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There is another fantastic book called "Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from the Inside b
by gww 10y ago
There is another fantastic book called "Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It " By Ken Alibek.
For example, the USSR supposedly had an annual production of weaponized Smallpox measured in tons, which is a ridiculous amount of virus.
- udba 10y agoThe Hot Zone is another great book about biological warfare. The first chapter detailing the life of Ebola's Patient 0 from the moment he contracted the disease to when he dies is blood-curdling.
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- hello_asdf 10y agoI was under the impression that this author had been mostly discredited due to his discussions on the Soviets combining various other contagions and smallpox being highly improbable [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Alibek#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Alibek#Criticism
- gww 10y agoI think he fluffed the book up a bit, but I believe some of the assertions about their research activities and production have been confirmed.